State troopers shot a man who reportedly had a knife and was threatening neighbors in a Washington County mobile home park. His mother says the man needed a mental health commitment.

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Updated: 7:19 PM EDT Oct 2, 2017

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WEBVTT SPOKE WITH THE MAN'SFAMILY.REPORTER: ANTHONY GALLO'S FAMILYSAYS WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT NOTLONG AGO AND SINCE THEN HEHASN'T BEEN THE SAME.HE'S BEEN STAYING IN THISTRAILER WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER ONAND OFF.AND YESTERDAY SOMETHING SNAPPED.HE TOOK A STEAK KNIFE AND BEGANGOING DOOR TO DOOR IN THISTRAILER PARK TRYING TO GETINSIDE.HE ENDED UP AT DENNIS INGRAM'STRAILER AND WAS SHOT AND KILLEDIN HIS BACK BEDROOM.THERE WAS REPORTS HE HAD TAKENDENNIS' SON HOSTAGE.HE SAYS THAT IS KNOW THE TRUE.ANTHONY GALLO'S FAMILY SAYS THEYARE STILL IN SHOCK OVER HISDEATH.>> TO THINK THAT THE COPS COULDJUST KILL HIM, ALL HE NEEDED WASHELP.REPORTER: THEY CALLED 911YESTERDAY WHEN GALLO TOOK AKNIFE AND STARTED GOING DOOR TODOOR IN HIS WASHINGTON COUNTYMOBILE HOME PARK.AT A PRESS CONFERENCE STATEPOLICE SAID GALLO WAS INSIDEDENNIS INGRAM'S HOME WHEN TWOTROOPERS ARRIVED.>> MR. GALLO HAD FORCIBLYENTERED THE RESIDENCE ANDTHREATENED TO KILL ONE OF THEOCCUPANTS INSIDE.REPORTER: INGRAM'S STEP-SON THEYSAY ESCAPED MINUTES AGO.INGRAM SAYS THAT WASN'T WHATHAPPENED.>> MY STEP-SON TRIED TO HOLD THEDOOR SHUT AND DON'T AND HE TOLDMY STEP-SON SOME TAKE THE DOGAND GO.REPORTER: HE DIDN'T HOLD HIM INTHERE THREATEN TO KILL HIM.>> NO, NOT AT ALL.REPORTER: TROOPERS SAID THEYFOLLOWED GALLO TO A BACK BEDROOMUNSURE IF HE HAD MORE WEAPONS ORIF ANYONE ELSE WAS INSIDE THEHOME.HTHEY ORDERED HIM TO DROP THENIGHT.WHEN HE DIDN'T SHE SHOT HIMSEVERAL TIMES.>> GALLO DIED AT THE SCENE, THESHOOTING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.>> I JUST WANT JUSTICE FOR MYCOUSIN.THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE COPSTO GO TO THAT EXTENT.REPORTER: DENNIS INGRAM SAYS HESUPPORTS THE FAMILY AND WANTSJUSTICE.THE SITUATION IS UNDERINVESTIGATION.THOSE TWO TROOPERS HAVE BEENPLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIESDURING THAT TIME.

Man fatally shot by police in Washington County

State troopers shot a man who reportedly had a knife and was threatening neighbors in a Washington County mobile home park. His mother says the man needed a mental health commitment.

A man was shot to death by state police, who say he refused to drop a knife when they were called to a mobile home park where he had been staying with his grandmother in Canton Township, Washington County.

Anthony Gallo's mother and grandmother said the man "wasn't acting right" Sunday night, and they called to try and have him committed to a mental institution. They say Gallo had been having issues since a bad car accident in May.

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"He was having a mental breakdown. He went into somebody's trailer. We called the cops and wanted to have him 302'ed," said Gallo's mother, Betty Gray.

State police said they were sent to Mark Avenue for reports that a man was threatening neighbors with a knife and behaving erratically.

Gallo's family said that when police arrived at the scene and he was holding a knife, officers asked him twice to raise his hands.

Troopers said they gave Gallo repeated commands to drop the knife, and when he did not comply, they used deadly force.

"The investigation would later determine that Mr. Gallo had just forcibly entered that residence and threatened to kill one of the occupants inside multiple times as he brandished that weapon," Capt. Joseph Ruggery said. "The victim had been able to escape the residence just prior to the arrival of police."

Ruggery said Gallo "advanced on the troopers" after two of them entered the trailer and pursued him, not knowing if the man had access to other weapons or if anyone else was inside the home and possibly in danger.

"When Mr. Gallo reached the back bedroom, he turned and faced the troopers as he was still armed with the knife. Again, the troopers gave him repeated verbal commands to drop the weapon, disarm and surrender, and again, Mr. Gallo refused to drop the weapon," Ruggery said. "At that point in the encounter, Mr. Gallo advanced on the troopers, and the trooper who was closest to him fired multiple rounds from his department-issued .223-caliber patrol rifle."

Gallo was killed inside Dennis Ingrim's home. Police say Gallo had threatened to kill Ingrim's 25 year old stepson, but Ingrim doesn't believe he was ever in any danger. He claims Gallo immediately told his stepson to leave the house.

I can't see where shooting him was the correct thing to do, Ingrim said. "I believe that a taser would have done the job and they could have took him to get the help he needed."

Gallo was pronounced dead at the scene.

"He come back and lay down across the bed with me, tell me he loved me," said Gallo's grandmother, Shirley Gray. "'Grandma,' he says, 'I don't want to die, I want to stay here with you.' I said, 'You're not going to die.' I lied."

"The cops didn't give him a chance. They just went in and started shooting," Betty Gray said. "They should have Tasered him and handcuffed him and took him to the hospital and 302'ed him. They just started shooting him."

District Attorney Eugene Vittone is reviewing the shooting, as is standard procedure.

Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident or been threatened by Gallo to call them at 724-223-5200.